I experienced a blood clot in my right leg after undergoing VAD therapy in 1995.  Upon diagnosing my blood clot I spent four days in the hospital and was put on heparin.  After leaving the hospital I was told that the clot had resolved.  About four years later I discovered that the clot had become "chronic."  It had sort of skinned over in my vein. I experienced mild pain and swelling.

After my high dose steroid therapy included in VAD treatment I developed cataracts in both eyes.  I underwent surgery in each eye to remove the cataract.  I consider cataracts to be one of the easier side effects of my conventional therapy to deal with.

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